Concepts: what do we want students to understand? In PYP there is a commitment to a concept-driven curriculum as a means of supporting inquiry. The IB has identified 8 concepts that are important in the design of a transdisciplinary unit. These are:
form
function
causation
change
connection
perspective
responsibility
reflection
Since inquiry is a vehicle for learning in the PYP, the natural way to present concepts is in the form of open-ended questions. There are related concepts in the subject areas that deepen an understanding while providing further opportunities to make conncections between disciplinary and trandisciplinary learning.
You can find tables that explain each concept from both the generic perspectice and the perspected for each subject on the following pages in Making the PYP Happen.
Language page 75
Mathematics page 87
Science page 98
Social Studies page 108
PSPE page 119
Arts page 133
Making the PYP Happen: a curriculum framework for international primary education
In PYP there is a commitment to a concept-driven curriculum as a means of supporting inquiry. The IB has identified 8 concepts that are important in the design of a transdisciplinary unit. These are:
- form
- function
- causation
- change
- connection
- perspective
- responsibility
- reflection
Since inquiry is a vehicle for learning in the PYP, the natural way to present concepts is in the form of open-ended questions.There are related concepts in the subject areas that deepen an understanding while providing further opportunities to make conncections between disciplinary and trandisciplinary learning.
You can find tables that explain each concept from both the generic perspectice and the perspected for each subject on the following pages in Making the PYP Happen.
Making the PYP Happen: a curriculum framework for international primary education